If you're on a break after drawing and feel like sharing what's on your mind about what you're working on, the industry, things that excite you about art, or anything that frustrates you about drawing or the process of art then grab a cup of water and chill out here.Remember to keep discussion on-topic as much as possible.
Today, I will draw...... after I eat breakfast.
So many artists have the ability to create the most personal, sensual, erotic illustrations that depict every involuntary movement and emotion that comes with sex, yet the most any of them do is draw a fat bitch either doing some unoriginal pose or getting absolutely railed. The Japanese seem to be the biggest offenders here. It's such a waste of skill and talent...
>>7727505did you draw ?
>>7727683yes
>>7727489i do mixed media abstract-ish paintings in a process that relies on drastic, slightly unpredictable stepslately ive been making lots of work i feel is good but not great. its hard to know when to accept it for what it is and call it a day vs trying to make it great - the risk being wasting time trying to rework it into something its not and potentially ruining what I have in the processcan anyone relate?
>>7727677They would require them to experience sex.And the modern audience doesn't want sensuality or erotic, they want fat bitches doing poses the consumer already knows.The degeneration of even erotic art has to do that it has evolved to be easily consumable by twitter retards, so you just get the same uninspiring slop just a different anime character of the week flavor.
update from >>7678258he hasn't shown me anything in two weeks. usual excuses (work, cleaning house, tired, etc). it seems like it's over
i gained insight on hands today, noticing what i did wrong most of the time, which is good. its starting to make more sense. now i'm working on a lt. commander data portrait featuring a hand as well, which will aid my understanding and also just add to the fun. elementary, dear water cooler bros.
MY WRIST! MY LOWER BACK! MY NAPE! I love drawing but WHEW! If being broken is the price to pay I'm willing to pay it; easier said than done! Pain, pain everywhere!
I can't draw anything I want to draw. I'm so fucking bored of my art and mediocre skills it makes me want to kill myself.
>>7728304same, shit is ridiculous. and I have to look at AI draw shit that's way better than what I could do, what the FUCK
>>7728009my neckmy backmy wacom and my mac
>>7728009>draw from the wrist>my elbow gets fucked that nightwhat did my body mean by this
>>7727782>They would require them to experience sex.Not necessarily. You just have to have a sense of touch and a mind for it. Tease emotions from the flesh, etc
>>7728320>AI mention out of nowhereWhy would you care about an algorithm that chews up actual art and spits it back out. It didn't do shit, at least be jealous of the humans that actually made the drawings in the first place.
>>7727844Did you give him some exercise or project to work on?
Hey guys I’ve been a permabeg for six years now should I KMS?
>>7728754pyw so we can decide
>>7728754Well if you think it's permanent why do you think you can get out of a permanent situation?
>>7728755No. My art is irrelevant. You (maybe not you personally, but in the sense of everyone not me is you) have told me it’s terrible and I’m NGMI before so that’s all that matters.
>>7728760Come on, post it. It can't be that bad. I got bullied for being a perma/beg/ too but I'm still inching forward.
>>7728767>>7728687
>>7728801That's perfectly fine, the dinosaur mascot especially. Heck people would probably say it's good if you just submitted the Dinosaur on his own. Thanks Anon, I'm going to try to draw characters interacting now even if the quality will assuredly take a hit
>>7728809But they said I’ve never improved. So I should KMS, right?
>>7728810>>7728757
>>7728828>>7728810
I can't draw anything easily, because I only want to draw new original things for which references don't exist. If I find a ref that fits then the idea wasn't unique enough, so I don't draw it.
>>7727489Twitter is so shit, its full of ads and my posts are almost invisible because I don’t pay twitter
>>7729013just draw fanart and ride the hashtags
I literally can't draw faces. This is so frustrating. I've watched videos, I've had classes, and I can't draw anything beyond the most basic structure.
>>7729026maybe you can draw them just so happens to be an ugly person
>draw a nice sketch to completion>now I need to color it or else nobody will think its good>have to get a reference of the character and color pick all their colors>laying down flats by coloring in the outline of each are (so basically drawing everything TWICE)>have to PAINSTAKINGLY find and fill in all the white pixels I missed>now I have to determine the light source (it needs to be dynamic and creative so no upper left light)>now I have to block in the shadows and do advanced fucking trigonometry to determine where the shadows go>now I have to add the fucking back light and occlusion bullshit>AND decide the color they will be>THEN I have to decide what color the shado will be for EACH TEXTURE IN THE DRAWING>and after all that is done, I have to REDRAW THINGS THAT NOW LOOK BAD IN COLOR>2 hours later and I have a drawing that is nowhere near ready to be posted>so I am forced to continue polishing to get my time investment back>finally after hours have a colored 1 girl in a fucking void>all because my beautiful sketch would go unappreciated on twitter
>>7729052No, it looks like shit even if it's a live model, a charcoal portrait, anything. I get the theory behind the construction, but I can't actually make it work.
>>7729058Pyw? Cant be that bad
>>7729061It's pre-beg tier (not that I'm much better), I'm embarrassed to show it even to my tutor.
>>7729055>eyeball the colours from the wheel>slap down flats with a big brush and carve them back with the eraser>ignore the tiny bits I missed>pick random shadow colour from the cool half of the wheel>slap down shadows on the parts where shadows go>feather the round parts with a low opacity eraser>blend around the focal points, leave the rest messy>smile because I've been blessed with hours of drawing practice>close the program without saving and watch a tv show
Digital art is inherently fake and cheaty, so why do people get pissy if you trace references or use guides and tools? Why not the automatic undo, unlimited materials, and generative tools that make patterns?
for the first time in my entire life I'm starting to like my own art
>>7729122how? tell me your secrets and revelations
Inking with G-pen on kraft is a mistake. Apparently, despitebeit the paper can endvre ink and several other semi-wet media, it doesnt mean that it can endvre the stabbing of a pen nib, and someone like me had to learn about it in a hard way
You could be someone's favorite artist <3 Not me tho my work will never be loved
>>7729205pywbut also same
Traditional artists make the best teachersDigital artists make the best friends
>>7729257I'm black
>>7729259based
>>7729259THank you
Why is improvement so slow? I have been practicing seriously on and off for two years now, I'm better than I was but I still make similar mistakes and I'm not nearly the level I would want to be. Even if I can push pieces further and make some better ones, sometimes I still make shit sketches and stinkers that make me feel like I haven't improved at all
>>7729259My knees....
>>7728810They’re right in that other thread. You haven’t improved.
>>7729259m-masaka
It's actually not that hard, you're just retarded, once you understand that then it's easy
>>7729462who are you talking to?
>>7729259ramune I kneel
>at work>oooh I wanna draw this and oooh I wish I was home so I could draw that>get home>draw for like an hour max>don't get the shit I want done>spend 5 fucking hours jerking off>now I have to hit the sack to go to workkill mejust kill me. what the fuck am I doing with my lifeI need to reign this shit in but the moment I'm in my room I'm just horny.
>>7729597>but the moment I'm in my room I'm just horny.If you don't live alone, keep your bedroom door open. Maybe (and I'm projecting a little, because I suffer from the same thing), if you close the door it triggers those same patterns. The issue is you can't really draw titty if mom walks in, at least that's what your brain is convincing you. It wants you to close the door and repeat the jacking off cycle.
>>7729597Channel your horniness into art, it's what KJG did. Condition yourself like a rat. Edge and draw, only jerking once every few minutes of drawing.
When is it ok to correct a mistake or even redo a drawing and when should the fact that it was shit at first be enough to demoralize you because it’s proof you’re just a stupid idiot who is NGMI
>>7729674Its always okay to do both of those things. If you don't like how a picture looks at the drawing stage it's not that likely that you'll like it later on. As for the second half, don't be so dramatic about it, even your favorite artists aren't succeeding 100% of the time when they draw, they post the stuff that comes out the best and scrap the duds. Don't get in your head about it so much, just keep drawing
>>7729674>when should the fact that it was shit at first be enough to demoralize you because it’s proof you’re just a stupid idiot who is NGMIthis only happens when you are a social media brained retard who takes these flawless artist personas with curated content at face value. if a person doesn't make any mistakes the audience can see they might as well have not made any mistakes in their lifeyou are letting yourself get "demoralized" by something literally every learner of any profession goes through. get the fuck over yourself
>>7729597>5 hours jerking offThis is a joke, right? Please, please tell me it's a joke.
deja vu is such a weird thing
>>7729858Just wait until you experience jamais vu, you'll have never felt anything like it.
any tips on getting back into art after a long hiatus? drew all of 2024, worked my way up to picrel, stopped drawing in march of this year (work). i go to draw now and i can't get five minutes in before i get fatigued. do i jump off with figures/do some gestures? thread tax
>wasted the entire day because of a headacheits 50/50 when I wake up whether or not I can draw.
>>7729979Jesus, eat a balanced diet and get some sleep.
>>7727489>Draw a piece>Render it to the end>Post it on socials >After 120s look at it >Hate it>Hate it so much>I end up deleting it from everywhere before anyone sees it >Don't deletes the files from my computer as I reminder to never draw something so revolting againWelp, there goes 6 hours of my time.
>>7730000You gained experience.
>>7729981I dont let myself eat until I draw something.
>>7730000This is just being an artist, dude. You have to lean into the cringe and just draw. You're probably too hard on yourself anyway.
>>7730000Just do what I do, delete it AFTER people shit on it, that way Im 100% its not worth being out there.
>>7729128learning to love myself and by extension appreciate my own stuff and forgive my shortcomingsalso never stopping. and also just drawing for fun mostly
>>7730000Sometimes you just need to stop caring and play schrodinger stuff; post your drawing, close the app, bunch of notification will buzzing up your phone, you turn off the phone, then you go back to your desk, draw another stuff, do the same thing, rinse and repeat. Not everyone have the will to be some online celebrity artist like shadman or khyle; some people, most people, just want to post their stuff online and call it a day, and there's nothing wrong with it
